She is taken, through a cardboard door with "English Grammar" written on it, into Grammarland, where she meets with a great many Verbs, who explain the concepts of transitivity and intransitivity to her.
verb | Strong verb | Serial verb construction | object–verb–subject | Modal verb | modal verb | Intransitive verb | intransitive verb | Deponent verb |
Its case marking follows the ergative–absolutive pattern where the subject of an intransitive verb is in the absolutive case (which is unmarked), the same case being used for the direct object of a transitive verb.
Impersonal passive voice, a verb voice that decreases the valency of an intransitive verb to zero
The absolutive case marks the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb (see ergative languages).
Tripartite language, also called an ergative–accusative language, a language treats the subject of an intransitive verb, the subject of a transitive verb, and the object of a transitive verb each in different ways